Spruce Mine: Another Nail in the Coffin for Mountaintop Removal

Another nail in the coffin for mountaintop removal. We’re part of a
mass grassroots movement using legal, political, community and direct
action tactics over and over to end this atrocious practice. A few weeks ago, it was Appalachia Rising, next week it’ll be Mountain Justice Fall Summit on Kayford Mountain.

Like Judy Bonds says, we need to keep fighting, and keep our “eyes on the prize”

EPA Regional Administrator Recommendation to Veto Spruce Mine Permit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nell Greenberg, 510-847-9777

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
regional administrator, Shawn Garvin, has recommended that his agency
veto the Clean Water Act permit for the Spruce No. 1 Mine in Logan
County, West Virginia. The Spruce mine is one of the largest mountaintop
removal mines ever proposed in Central Appalachia, and would result in
the destruction of 2,278 acres of temperate rainforest and the burying
of 7.5 miles of streams in the Spruce Fork sub-watershed.

Following is a statement by Amanda Starbuck of the Rainforest Action Network (RAN):

“The science is clear that mountaintop removal is harming water
resources in real and measurable ways. We hope the EPA is going to use
its full authority under the Clean Water Act to protect Appalachia’s
drinking water and resist the enormous pressure coming from the coal
industry.”